The Romance of Names
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Romance of Names, by Ernest Weekley
E-text prepared by Jon Richfield
THIRD EDITION, REVISED
THIRD EDITION, REVISED
ERNEST WEEKLEY, M.A.
CHAPTER I OF SURNAMES IN GENERAL
CHAPTER II A MEDIEVAL ROLL
CHAPTER III SPELLING AND SOUND
CHAPTER IV BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON
CHAPTER V THE ABSORPTION OF FOREIGN NAMES
CHAPTER VI TOM, DICK AND HARRY
CHAPTER VII GODERIC AND GODIVA
CHAPTER VIII PALADINS AND HEROES
CHAPTER X METRONYMICS
CHAPTER XI LOCAL SURNAMES
CHAPTER XIII THE HAUNTS OF MAN
CHAPTER XIV NORMAN BLOOD
CHAPTER XV OF OCCUPATIVE NAMES
CHAPTER XVI A SPECIMEN PROBLEM: RUTTER
CHAPTER XVII THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS
CHAPTER XIX HODGE AND HIS FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXII ADJECTIVAL NICKNAMES
CHAPTER XXIII BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES
AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
SURNAMES
Works by Henry Cecil Wyld
SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH
THE HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE MOTHER TONGUE
CHAPTER I OF SURNAMES IN GENERAL
CHAPTER II A MEDIEVAL ROLL
CHAPTER III SPELLING AND SOUND
CHAPTER IV BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON
CHAPTER V THE ABSORPTION OF FOREIGN NAMES
CHAPTER VI TOM, DICK AND HARRY
CHAPTER VII GODERIC AND GODIVA
CHAPTER VIII PALADINS AND HEROES
CHAPTER X METRONYMICS
CHAPTER XI LOCAL SURNAMES
CHAPTER XIII THE HAUNTS OF MAN
CHAPTER XIV NORMAN BLOOD
CHAPTER XV OF OCCUPATIVE NAMES
CHAPTER XVI A SPECIMEN PROBLEM: RUTTER
CHAPTER XVII THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS
CHAPTER XIX HODGE AND HIS FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXII ADJECTIVAL NICKNAMES
CHAPTER XXIII BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES
AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
SURNAMES
Works by Henry Cecil Wyld
SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH
THE HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE MOTHER TONGUE
MURRAY'S ENGLISH LITERATURE SERIES
Popular Editions of Mr. Murray's Standard Works
Mr. Murray's Standard Works
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